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GLASBA
ZBOROVSTVO
5.
MEDNARODNO TEKMOVANJE ZA MLADE ZBOROVSKE DIRIGENTE
26.-30. marec 2009, Ljubljana, Slovenija
5TH INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR YOUNG CHORAL CONDUCTORS
MARCH 26-30, 2009, LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA
SPREJETI / COMPETITORS
Leopoldo Angulo
Crespo, Ekvador / Ecuador
(1979)
Leopoldo Angulo Crespo
Leopoldo Eduardo Angulo Crespo began
his musical studies at the Conservatorio Superior Nacional
de Música, Quito, Ecuador, where he obtained the titles of
Técnico and Tecnólogo Superior en Piano under the tutelage
of Professor Anjela Roushanián and the title of Técnico en
Canto with Professor Nancy Yánez.
He continues his musical studies in the field of choral conducting
with Professors Ana Maria Raga and Maria Adela Alvarado and
orchestral conducting with professors Alfredo Rugeles and
Rodolfo Sanglimbeni at the Musician Studies Universitary Institute
(IUDEM) in the city of Caracas.
He is a conductor of male ensemble Cantus Firmus Voces Oscuras,
childrens' choir Flor Roffle and of the Youth Choir Vinicio
Adames.
In the city of Caracas he has worked as a piano teacher at
the Jose Antonio Calcano foundation, as an accompanist of
the Childrens´ Choir of the Humboldt College and of Soloists
Group of the Fundacion del Estado para el Sistema Nacional
de Orquestas Juveniles e Infantiles de Venezuela (FESNOJIV-
Jose Antonio Abreu ).
Florian Benfer,
Nemèija / Germany
(1984)
Florian Benfer, Nemèija / Germany
Florian Benfer grew up surrounded by
music and he decided early on to become a musician. Besides
singing in choirs he began with playing piano, violoncello
and later organ. He studied church music and choral conducting
at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Leipzig. Since
2008, Florian has been studying at the Royal College of Music
in Stockholm, where he is taking Masters Degrees in both choral
conducting with Professor Anders Eby and organ performance
with Nils Larsson.
As a singer, Florian is a member of several different vocal
ensembles, such as Kammerchor Stuttgart, the World Youth Choir
and the Kölner Vokalsolisten, which specialises in contemporary
music. He also sang with the Lucerne Festival Academy Vocalists
in 2006, under the direction of Daniel Reuss and Pierre Boulez,
and was a member of the Gewandhaus Chor Leipzig, before taking
over as interims choir director in 2006/07.
Florian Benfer is conductor of the Norrland Nations chamber
choir in Uppsala, Sweden, and he works as a guest conductor
with several other ensembles, including the chamber choir
Josquin des Prez in Leipzig and the Uppsala Vokalensemble.
In 2008 he founded the vocal and instrumental ensemble Camerata
c.o.l.m.a.r. to realize unknown German Renaissance and Baroque
repertoire in order to share his passion for this music. He
is a recipient of the
Andreas Felber,
©vica / Switzerland
(1983)
Andreas Felber, ©vica / Switzerland
Andreas Felber was born in Lucerne, Switzerland.
During schooling he was a member of the Boys Choir "Luzerner
Sängerknaben" where he got his first singing lessons.
In 2007 he finished his studies in conducting and singing
at the Lucerne School of Music with distinction. Andreas Felber
is a musical director of the Swiss choir "molto cantabile"
with which he won several prizes at international choral competitions,
including 2nd place in the category "Polyphony"
at the renowned International Choral Festival in Tolosa, Spain,
the 2nd place in the category "Kunstlied" and the
audience award at the International Choir Competition in Spittal
an der Drau, Austria. Moreover he is the conductor of a concert
choir at his hometown. With both choirs he performed large
choral works like M. Duruflé's "Requiem" or "mater
aeterna", a first performance of B. Apermont.
His work as a conductor led him also to the opera. At the
"Luzerner Theater" he had the possibility to work
as assistant conductor for several productions including J.
Massenet's "Werther". In Summer 2008 he became the
assistant conductor of the famous Swiss musical "Heidi".
Jerica Gregorc
Bukovec, Slovenija / Slovenia
(1980)
Jerica Gregorc Bukovec, Slovenija / Slovenia
Jerica Gregorc Bukovec studied at the
Academy of music in Ljubljana which she successfully concluded
in 2003. She continued her studies in Malmö, Sweden under
Dan-Olof Stenlund. After one year abroad she continued her
studies at the Royal Academy of music in Stockholm where she
studied post-graduate choral conducting in Anders Eby's class
and successfully concluded it in May 2008. She now has special
one year study in Stockholm, advanced studies in choral conducting
which she will conclude in June with the final concert.
She has been attending various seminars
at home as well as abroad. She was an active participant in
all of them and was chosen to perform at all the concluding
events.
She was conducting several choirs until now. She was very
active in Slovenia and is now a choir conductor of two choirs
in Stockholm - KFUM chamber choir and male choir Stockholm
Studentangarna. She is also working with a group of 16 professional
singers at school. She is often invited as a guest conductor
with different choirs.
She won special scholarship award of Kungliga Musikaliska
Akademien in Stockholm in the category of choral and orchestra
conductors for three times.
Maud Hamon, Francija
/ France
(1984)
Maud Hamon, Francija / France
Maud Hamon's musical education began
at a very early age. She grew up playing the recorder and
the viola and discovered choral conducting while studying
music at the University of Rennes. She went on to study choral
conducting and vocal performance at the Conservatoire National
de Region in Rennes, and was a member of several choirs, among
them the Rennes Opera Choir. She was encouraged to continue
in this way when she met Roland Hayrabédian, Claire Marchand,
Valérie Fayet, Régine Théodoresco, Pierre Mervant during courses
and masterclasses of vocal technique, choral and orchestra
conducting. After receiving her bachelor's degree in music
and her DEM, she entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur
Musique et Danse of Lyon in September 2005 to study choral
conducting with Bernard Tetu, Nicole Corti and Karine Locatelli.
In 2008, she spent half a year in Hochschule für Musik Hans
Eisler in Berlin in order to enrich her musical knowledge.
Maud Hamon is the artistic director and conductor of Eole,
a choir of 16 singers she founded in 2006, while training
young singers in Centre de la Voix in Lyon and at the Cathedral
childrens'choir. She has also been a choral conductor at special
events, such as the Berlioz festival in August 2007. She is
a member of Epsilon, a vocal ensemble dedicated to the music
of the 16th and 17th Century, which she founded in 2006, and
of Calliope women's choir (conducted by Régine Théodoresco)
and Britten choir (conducted by Nicole Corti).
Marcis Imants,
Latvija / Latvia
(1986)
Marcis Imants, Latvija / Latvia
Marcis Imants has been studying choral
conducting at Jazeps Vitols Academy of Music in Janis Lindenbers
conducting class since 2005.
In year 2004 he took part in the 3rd International Competition
for Young Choir Directors in Vienna where he won a special
prize of the German choral association. Later on he participated
at Teodors Reiters Choral Conducting Contest in Latvia and
won the 1st prize. At the 3rd International Choir Conducting
Competition "Towards Polyphony" in Poland he was
the winner of the 2nd prize. In October 2006 he competed at
Eric Ericson Award in Sweden and got to the semi-finals. Later
on he participated in 4th International Competition for young
Choral Conductors in memoriam Zoltan Kodaly where he won the
3rd prize.
He was chosen as one of 14 candidates from 224 applicants
to participate with Bamberg Symphony Orchestra organized by
Gustav Mahler Orchestra Conducting Competition in April 2007
and took semi-finals as one out of 171 applicants in Dmitris
Mitropoulos Orchestra Conducting Competition Greece (1).
Dani Juris, Finska
/ Finland
(1984)
Dani Juris, Finska / Finland
Dani Juris became involved with choral
music very early in his childhood, when he started singing
in the Helsinki Cathedral Boys' Choir Cantores Minores. Later
on, his vocal ensemble gained various prizes at the renowned
German competition Jugend Musiziert.
Dani Juris studies choral conducting under the guidance of
Professor Matti Hyökki at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki.
His previous conducting teachers include Jani Sivén at the
Helsinki Metropolia University and Professor Johannes Prinz
at the University of Music and Dramatic Arts in Graz, Austria.
He has also studied harp since 2003.
In his hometown Helsinki, he conducts the Kaamos Chamber Choir,
which he founded in 2007. He also works with various choirs
and ensembles at the Helsinki Adult Education Centre. Having
studied piano on a professional level, Juris works frequently
as conductor's assistant and rehearsal pianist in the Helsinki
area as well as in Austria.
Sooyeon Lee, Ju¾na
Koreja / South Korea
(1979)
Sooyeon Lee, Ju¾na Koreja / South Korea
Sooyeon Lee, a native Korean, earned
Master of Music in choral conducting at the Yale School of
Music and the Institute of Sacred Music. She also received
a Bachelor of Music degree from Yon-sei University in Church
music with emphasis in Choral Conducting and Master of Music
degree from Westminster Choir College in organ performance.
She studied choral conducting and sacred music at the same
time. She was awarded the first prize at the Graduate Student
Conducting Competition in the ACDA national convention, Miami
in 2007 and was also selected as a semi-finalist at the same
competition in Los Angeles in 2005. She is currently working
as a music director at Trinity Lutheran Evangelical Church,
assistant conductor and accompanist at Hillhouse Opera Company,
accompanist at New Haven Oratorio Choir and Orchestra and
at the faculty at the Elm City Girls' Choir and the United
Girls' Choir in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Janis Liepins,
Latvija / Latvia
(1988)
Janis Liepins, Latvija / Latvia
Janis Liepins studied in Riga Dom choir
school from 1995 until 2008 and is now at his first year studies
at Jazeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music. His plan is to
pursue his career as a professional conductor. He won the
first prizes at the Teodors Reiters International Competition
for Choral Conductors in 2007 and Choral Conductors Competition
"Towards Polyphony" in Poland in 2008. He was also
awarded the prize for Achievements in international competitions
and local choral competitions 2007 by the Ministry of Culture
of the Republic of Latvia.
In 2005/06 Liepins had his first experience as a choirmaster
with the mixed choir Jumis. Since 2006 he has been assistant
conductor of the choir Kamer... . He has conducted Kamer...
on choir's tours abroad - the Julius Berger festival Eckelshausen
Music Days, as well as concerts in Turkey (Istanbul and Ankara)
in honour of the 89th anniversary of the proclamation of the
Republic of Latvia. He is one of the founders of the Latvian
Association of Choral Conductors, which was established in
2008.
Andreas Meier,
©vica/Switzerland
(1980)
Andreas Meier, ©vica/Switzerland
Andreas Meier was born in Basle, Switzerland.
He started his musical education with the Knabenkantorei Basel.
After college, he studied singing with Professor Michel Brodard,
and school music II, both at the Musikhochschule Luzern (Lucerne
School of Music). After this, he studied conducting with Professor
Dr. Alois Koch. He took also lessons with Margret Honig, Bernard
Haitink, Johannes Prinz, Anders Eby, Frieder Bernius, Georg
Grün an Ralf Weikert.
On the opera stage, he sang among other parts Aristeo in Orfeo
ed Euridice by J.J. Fux (Swiss premiere). For two seasons,
he sang the part of Alfred in Johann Strauss' Die Fledermaus.
Andreas Meier conducts several choirs and teaches at the Kantonsschule
(6th-form college) in Baden.
Takeshi Mizumoto,
Japonska / Japan
(1981)
Takeshi Mizumoto, Japonska / Japan
Takeshi Mizumoto, is a Japanese choral
conductor. He started conducting at the age of 20 as a student
conductor of Erde, mixed choir at Kobe University, Japan.
In 2002, he founded the Noma Mixed Choir, which won the first
prize at the 56th Kansai Choral Competition while Takashi
Mizumoto was elected as the Most Valuable Student Conductor.
The same choir also won the silver prize at the 53rd Japan
Choral Competition in 2003. He was the principal conductor
of the ensemble Le Vent Elegante from 2004 until 2006 and
is the principal conductor of the Noma Mixed Choir and assistant
conductor of Les Cinquantes.
In 2006, Takashi Mizumoto obtained a
Master of Arts degree from the University of Kobe. He then
moved to London and studied choral conducting with Paul Spicer,
orchestral conducting with Peter Stark at the Royal College
of Music. He was also the choral director of the Telasbaad
Vocal Ensemble and was invited for the special concert at
National Gallery in London with Ikemen Bach Ensemble in 2008.
Although he enjoys his busy carrier as a choral conductor,
his musical interest also branches piano and singing. He holds
many concerts as a pianist and a singer in Japan, Greece,
France, United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
Aleksandra Samokhvalova,
Rusija / Russia
(1981)
Aleksandra Samokhvalova, Rusija / Russia
Aleksandra Samokhvalova began her studies
at the choir conducting department at Gnessin State Musical
College in 1997. After graduating from college in 2001 she
entered Moscow Conservatory's choral conducting department
in order to improve herself as a professional conductor. She
is now in the third year of postgraduate studies.
As a student of Moscow Conservatory, she joined one of the
best boys choirs in Russia - Moscow Boys Choir and worked
there until 2008 as assistant conductor. At present, she is
a second conductor with boys choir Debut.
During her studies she was also a conductor in Novosibirsk
Opera, and a singer at New Siberian Singers and Chamber choir
of Moscow Conservatory. Furthermore, she took part in European
Masterclasses (Eric Ericson Masterclass, Holland; Masterclass
in Toneheim Music School, Norway) and in Russian conducting
competitions, where she was the winner of one of the prizes.
Jan Schumacher,
Nemèija / Germany
(1980)
Jan Schumacher, Nemèija / Germany
Jan Schumacher got his first musical
education at Limburg Boys Choir and at the Rhineland-Palatinate
state youth choir (LJC). He majored in music education and
German language in Mainz and choral conducting with Professor
Wolfgang Schäfer in Frankfurt.
He gained experience in courses with Sylvain Cambreling, Robert
Sund and Georg Grün, as well as while being Assistant to the
conducting faculty at the Hochschule für Musik Mainz.
He is a conductor of the male ensemble Camerata Musica Limburg.
With this choir he won first prizes at international choral
competitions in Tours, Maasmechelen and Bremen and recorded
several compact discs. The choir is media partner of Deutschlandradio
Kultur.
Since 2003 he is a sessional conductor of the university choir
at the Darmstadt Technische Universität, with which he mainly
performs symphonic repertoire.
Since 2007 he has worked regularly with the LJC as a guest
conductor. He has been the rehearsals conductor for conductors
such as Gustavo Dudamel, Prionnsias O'Duinn, Michael Hofstetter,
Caspar Richter and Peter Ruzicka.
Matteo Valbusa,
Italija / Italy
(1981)
Matteo Valbusa, Italija / Italy
Matteo Valbusa started studying piano
at nine years old and choral conducting in 1999 under the
guidance of professor Signorini. Graduated at the University
of Verona, he is a final year student in choral conducting
with professor Scattolin at the Conservatoire of Bologna.
He attended masterclasses in conducting with renowned conductors
in Italy and abroad. In 2008 he studied at the Sibelius Academy
of Helsinki (Finland), under the guidance of Professor Matti
Hyökki.
He is the conductor of the choir Insieme Corale Ecclesia Nova
of Bosco Chiesanuova (Verona), the male voices choir La Stele
of Rovere Veronese and Accademia San Giorgio Choir and Orchestra
(Verona). With these groups he holds a lot of concerts and
he won many prizes in national and international competitions.
Further more, Matteo Valbusa received the special prize as
best conductor at the International Competition in Azzano
Decimo (Pordenone, Italy) and at the Festival della Coralita
Veneta (Verona, October 2008).
In 2006 he founded CCV - Verona Chamber Choir, composed of
professional singers.
In 2007 he worked at the first modern performance of Requiem
by Francesco Canneti.
He is a founder and director of Voce! - Festival della Musica
Corale, International choral music festival in Bosco Chiesanuova.
Stefan Vanselow,
Nemèija / Germany
(1980)
Stefan Vanselow, Nemèija / Germany
Stefan Vanselow was a member of boys'
choir Dresdner Kreuzchor. Subsequently, he studied choral
conducting and church music in Berlin and London with Jörg-Peter
Weigle and Patrick Russill. He is the artistic director of
chamber choirs Cantamus Dresden and Voces novae and chamber
orchestras Ensemble K and Collegium K (on period instruments)
as well as organist at Kreuzkirche in Berlin.
Stefan Vanselow has worked with many professional and semi-professional
ensembles, including RIAS-Kammerchor, MDR Radio Chorus Leipzig
and Berlin Radio Chorus. He has also participated in masterclasses
with Eric Ericson, Anders Eby, Hellmuth Rilling, Simon Halsey,
Stephen Cleobury, Andrew Parrott and others. His comprehensive
musical interests range from historical performance practice
to contemporary music. Furthermore, he has done research in
psychological aspects of conducting.
Bryan Zaros, ZDA
/ USA
Bryan Zaros, ZDA / USA
Originally from New York, American conductor
Bryan Zaros is a 2005 honorary graduate of Westminster Choir
College in Princeton, New Jersey. As a member of the Metropolitan
Opera Children's Chorus for six years, Bryan was a performer
on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House throughout his
childhood and frequently sang with singers Luciano Pavarotti,
Placido Domingo and Cecilia Bartoli among others. Featured
as a soloist on national and international television and
radio including Live from Lincoln Center and The Chevron Texaco
Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts, Bryan has also been a
televised guest artist on the popular NBC Today Show. At sixteen,
he was appointed the assistant Choirmaster of the Church of
the Transfiguration in New York City and became the assistant
conductor of the oldest Men and Boy's choir in the United
States of America. Recent conducting engagements have included
invitations with choirs in England, Italy and Switzerland.
Last month, he was invited to guest conduct the Vancouver
Chamber Choir, Canada's premiere choral ensemble, in a concert
featuring songs of romance and nature. Bryan is currently
a graduate fellow in conducting at the University of Michigan,
the Assistant Conductor of The Boychoir of Ann Arbor, and
the Director of Music at the First Presbyterian Church of
Ypsilanti, Michigan.
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